Parvati.org, who a year ago brought to national attention the decades-expired Shell oil permits in the area, is glad to see more marine protection happening in Canada’s Arctic. Yet, we are very clear: protection of the Arctic Ocean must happen on a much more massive scale.
On World Oceans Day, Lancaster Sound Is Only The Beginning. It’s Time for MAPS. Canadian environmental not-for-profit Parvati Foundation welcomes the decision by Shell Canada to relinquish decades-old permits that have long been delaying the creation of a national marine park in Canada’s East Arctic. Last fall, Parvati Foundation conducted extensive research questioning the permits’ … Read more
Parvati Foundation Celebrates WWF’s Lawsuit Challenging Shell’s Questionable 40-Year Old Permits Parvati Foundation is pleased to endorse World Wildlife Fund Canada’s official court challenge to the validity of Shell Canada’s decades-old oil and gas permits that have been delaying the creation of a national marine park in Canada’s East Arctic. Last fall, Parvati Foundation conducted … Read more
Parvati Foundation Celebrates National Coverage of Shell’s Questionable 40-Year Old Permits The validity of Shell’s decades old oil and gas permits in Canada’s East Arctic made national news this week. The government ministry responsible for the permits says they are “valid and subsisting”, but has no documents to prove they were renewed beyond 1979. For … Read more
Unburnable oil. Unbearable harm. Unacceptable obfuscation. Canadian environmental not-for-profit Parvati.org has uncovered what appear to be irregularities in the administration of oil and gas permits in Canada’s Arctic Ocean. The Canadian government says Shell’s 1971 oil and gas exploration permit is still valid, even though it looks like it expired in 1979. The permit is … Read more
Canada’s Arctic: Is Government Breaking the Rules for Shell in Lancaster Sound? Research by Canadian not-for-profit Parvati Foundation raises serious concerns about how the Canadian government is managing the vulnerable Arctic ecosystem in the face of oil interests. While Shell recently made news for pulling out of the Chukchi Sea off Alaska, Parvati Foundation has … Read more
